EN 1.7703 Steel vs. 7022 Aluminum
EN 1.7703 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 7022 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7703 steel and the bottom bar is 7022 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
70 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
6.3 to 8.0 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
140 to 170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
26 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 430 | |
290 to 320 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
490 to 540 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
390 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
380 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
200 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
640 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
480 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
870 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
140 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
24 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
21 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
65 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.2 | |
10 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
8.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 61 | |
1130 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
29 to 40 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
1100 to 1500 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
47 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
47 to 51 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
47 to 50 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
54 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
87.9 to 92.4 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.11 to 0.15 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0.5 to 1.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.4 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
2.6 to 3.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
0.1 to 0.4 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
4.3 to 5.2 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |